I sometimes like to make shortcuts to various folders on my Windows machine. I am annoyed, though, that when executed, this shortcut brings up an explorer window without the folder tree on the left. I found the solution to this here: shortcut with folder tree In short, the command line in your shortcut should read %SystemRoot%\EXPLORER.EXE … Continue reading “Windows Explorer Folder Shortcuts”
I just can’t get into her. Hillary, I mean. I think much of my sentiment can be summed up by events during a recent visit to my folks’ place on the east side of town. I was spending the night and, as is often customary when doing so, headed downstairs to watch some T.V. with … Continue reading “About Hillary (Oh, Alright…and Obama)”
Today I woke up and got ready for work. I drove my compact car from my suburban home to the office. I worked in my cubicle on the computer until lunch. I ate a sandwich and vegetables for lunch. I worked in my cubicle until it was time to go home. I came home and … Continue reading “Blog Entry”
Ever click on a hyperlink to a MS Office document and watch it open awkwardly in Internet Explorer, with all sorts of wonky results? I have. As kind as Microsoft is, they have a knowledge base entry addressing the problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q162059/
I was recently posed with the question of whether or not you could hyperlink (yeah, I’m using the term as a verb) to a specific page of a PDF. In looking around, I am under the impression this can be done if the PDF resides on a web server by adding “#page=2” to the hyperlink … Continue reading “Hyperlink to Specific Page of PDF”
I discovered today that Samba appears to be uncooperative when trying to connect from a single machine to two or more of its shares using different user names. This is a probably a pretty esoteric problem, I realize, but came into play when I was troubleshooting another user’s account without disconnecting shares mounted under my … Continue reading “Samba and Multiple Concurrent User Names”
Ubuntu has been my Linux of choice for sometime now. Currently using Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) with default VNC package. Along the way I have found some issues. Keyboard Malfunction I recently ran into a problem while upgrading distributions. In short, the keyboard mapping was completely messed up when connected over VNC. Typing characters over VNC … Continue reading “Ubuntu and VNC”
Expanding upon my last post, some other things to keep in mind: -Off-axis viewing: will you be sitting directly in front of the television or close thereto? Or will many viewing positions be off to the side? If people will be viewing from side angles, be sure to check out how badly the picture darkens … Continue reading “RPTVs Revisited”
Smoothies give me the creeps. And I’ll tell you why… Yes, I’m talking about those seemingly innocuous frozen drinks that are in dietary fashion right now. I’m actually not sure if I’ve ever had a smoothie, so maybe I should suspend judgment. It’s not even that I don’t think they would taste good, either; I … Continue reading “Smoothies [shudder]”
Lately, I have felt the temptation to purchase a remote with which I could rule over the myriad components at our house. A couple of weeks ago this desire was augmented by the all-too-frequent itch to buy a new toy. And so I present to you Logitech’s Harmony 676 Universal Remote. I have followed Harmony’s … Continue reading “Logitech Harmony 676 Universal Remote”